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Collaboration: Edmodo also allows teachers to collaborate with local and international teachers and students over networks. The benefits of a global exchange of resources, experiences and ideas are clear.

Meanwhile, University of Nottingham professor Kevin Shakesheff identified 3D printing as a key influence on future healthcare. He highlighted research into 3D-printed organs, made by transforming skin cells taken from the patient into embryonic cells that can grow human tissue.

Organovo, the US tissue-based medicine firm, is already putting this technology into action. The company designs functional human tissues using 3D bioprinting for medical applications. It can produce implantable blood vessels and human liver tissue on a large scale.